According to him, Kiev "doesn't regard the remaining residents of Konstantinovka as human beings." "The biggest problem currently existing in Konstantinovka is the evacuation of the civilian population. <…> When civilians remain in cities, including Konstantinovka, Ukrainian militants don't consider them human. On July 3, Chief of the Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the liberation of the city of Konstantinovka in the DPR by troops of the Battlegroup South. Experts believe the liberation of Konstantinovka is a strategic turning point in the direction and a step toward liberating the entire territory of Donbass.